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Atlanta Exposition Address

Booker T. Washington delivers the Atlanta Exposition Address at a business convention. Due to his view points, many dubbed his address the Atlanta Compromise.

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Sep

18

1895

Rebellion Collapsed/People Killed in the Struggles

White Democrats seized statehouse in Louisiana coup detat. President Grant ordered the revolutionaries to disperse, and the rebellion collapsed. Twenty-seven persons (sixteen whites and eleven Blacks) were killed in battles between Democrats and Republicans.

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Sep

14

1874

South Carolina Republicans carried election with

South Carolina Republicans carried election with reduced margin. Republican tickets was composed of four whites and four Blacks: R.H. Gleaves, lieutenant governor; Francis L. Cardozo, treasurer; Henry E. Hayne, secretary, of state; H.W. Purvis, adjutant general.

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Oct

10

1874

Egypt

U.S. Department of State Background Note

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Berbers - Ancient History of North African Pastoralists

The Berbers, or Berber, has a number of meanings, including a language, a culture, a location and a group of people: most prominently it is the collective term used for dozens of tribes of pastoralists, indigenous people who herd sheep and goats and live in northwest Africa today. Despite this

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First fugitive slave law enacted by Congress

In 1793, Congress passed the first Fugitive Slave Law to implement the provisions in the Constitution. It stated that to reclaim an escaped slave a master needed only to go before a magistrate and provide oral or written proof of ownership. The magistrate would then issue an order for the arrest of

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Feb

12

1793

Elections ordered for constitutional conventions

Elections were ordered for constitutional conventions and freedmen were enfranchised. Commanders in some states changed the status of Blacks by military orders. In March Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby opened the jury box to Blacks were named policemen in Mobile, Alabama.

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Mar

2

1867

Carter Goodwin Woodson

Carter G. Woodson was on this day in New Canton, Virginia. He became known as the Father of Black History. In 1926 Woodson created the first oh what is an annual celebration of African-American achievement. It was once called Negro History Week but is now called Black History Month.

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Dec

9

1875

Slavery

Gov. Theophilus Eaton of the New Haven, CT, colony frees his slaves, John Wham and his wife; this is the earliest account of free blacks in New England, as recorded in the Public Records of the State of Connecticut.

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Jan

0

1646

Did You Know That In...

1730 - The Natchez, a Native American group, massacre whites in New England and spare 106 blacks.

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Jan

0

1730

Three Blacks elected to major offices in Louisiana

Three Blacks elected to major offices in Louisiana elections: C.C Antoine, lieutenant governor; P.G. Deslonde, secretary of state; W.B. Brown, Superintendent of public education.

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Nov

4

1872

Rev. Samuel Thomas begins teaching slaves in the firstknown school for blacks

Rev. Samuel Thomas begins teaching slaves in the firstknown school for blacks in the US, Goose Creek Parsh, Charleston SC.

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Jan

0

1695

Angela Davis

Born: /26/944 Birmingham, AlabamaAngela Davis is an American political activist, scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in

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Reconstruction of the South began with the

Reconstruction of the South began with the registering of Black and white voters in the South. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan ordered registration to begin in Louisiana on May 1 and to continue until June 30. Registration began in Arkansas in May. Other states followed in June and July. By the end of

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May

1

1867

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Clauses

U.S. Supreme Court upheld clauses in Alabama constitution which disfranchised Blacks.

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Apr

27

1903

Slavery

Two Massachusetts slave merchants raid an African village, killing 100 persons; two blacks are brought to Massachusetts and sold; a local magistrate indicts the merchants for murder and man-stealing and orders that the slaves be returned to their Guinea home.

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Jan

0

1645

Slavery

Antony van Angola and Lucie dAngola marry on Manhattan Island, NY; the first recorded marriage of blacks in the colony.

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Jan

0

1644

Detroit Anti-Black Riot

Whites began a riot in Detroit after it was rumored a black man had killed a white woman and her infant. A similar rumor, alleging the victims were white and the perpetrator white, soon found its way into the black community. In truth, no one had been killed. An estimated 25 blacks and 9 whites

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Jun

20

1943

Lynchings in massive numbers

One hundred and one Blacks reported lynched in 1898.

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Nov

10

1898

Storm of '28 Heros

In an effort to pay honor where it is due, West Palm Beach, Florida, City Manager A.E. Parker yesterday paid tribute to two laborers who served throughout the trying period of intern here as volunteer workers. W.A. Watts, he said, worked 18 hours a day making coffins, and M.W. Stark supervised the

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Jan

0

1999

South Carolina Constitutional Convention adopted

South Carolina Constitutional Convention adopted new constitution with understanding clause designed to eliminate Black

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Dec

4

1895

Blacks win the right to vote in Canada

Blacks win the right to vote in Canada.

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Mar

24

1837

John Brown held antislavery convention, which was

John Brown held antislavery convention, which was attended by twelve whites and thirty-four Blacks, at Chatham, Canada. The Escape, first play by an American Black, Published by William Wells Brown.

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May

8

1858

William Frank Powell

William Frank Powell, New Jersey educator, named minister to Haiti.

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Jun

17

1897

Alabama legislature met

Alabama legislature (26 Blacks, 106 whites) met in Montgomery.

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Jul

13

1868

Maria Stewart on Slavery

On this date in 1832, Maria W. Stewart (1803-1879) addressed the New England Anti-Slavery Society meeting in Bostons Franklin Hall on the evils of slavery and the oppression of free blacks. This is often cited as the first time an African American woman spoke publicly on political issues before an

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Sep

21

1832

Ethiopia Invaded by Italy

Ethiopia, one of the only two independent African nations at the time, was invaded on October 3,1935 by Facist Italy under Benito Mussolini. The Italians, seeking revenge for their prior

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Oct

3

1935

Mary McLeod Bethune opened Daytona Normal and

Mary McLeod Bethune opened Daytona Normal and Industrial School in Daytona Beach, Florida. In 1923 the school merged with Cookman Institute and became Bethune-Cookman College. Seventy-six Blacks reported lynched in 1904.

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Oct

3

1904

Racial distrubances.

May 1-October 1, 1867, was the worst summer for racial distrubances in U.S. history, more than 40 riots and 100 other distrubances occurred.

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Oct

1

1867

Race riot, Augusta, Georgia

Race riot, Augusta, Georgia. Six Blacks were killed. Authorities said five of the victims were shot by police.

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May

12

1970

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